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Spelling is Confirmed as Semi MEES---- Don @ Eastwestphoto-2-3-2013, I have the orginal case to prove it, BUT not the camera! . The original Semi MEES has a folding optical finder and a body release.[4] It was mentioned in the new products column of the March 1939 issue of Asahi Camera and was advertised in the February 1941 issues of Asahi Camera and Shashin Bunka.[5] The following lens and shutter combinations are reported:[6]

The list of set prices compiled in October 1940 and published in January 1941, mentions a "Miss I" (¥74) and a "Miss II" (¥98), probably corresponding to the above versions.[9] The same models are in a similar price list date November 1941, where they are attributed to Mizuno Shashinki-ten.[10]

The New Semi Miss (新型セミミース) was featured in a column of the February 1942 issue of Asahi Camera. It is said to have a smaller body.[11] The lens is reported as a Grimmel 75/4.5,[12] a lens made by Fujita Kōgaku Kikai and also mounted on the Semi Gelto. The shutter is said to give T, B, 1–300 speeds.[13]

The government inquiry of April 1943 mentions a "Semi Miss".[14] In this document, the maker's name is unfortunately missing but the lens is given as a three-element Miss 75/3.5 and the shutter as a Patent Mars made by Mars and giving T, B, 1–250 speeds.[15]

"Kokusan shashinki no kōtei kakaku" (国産写真機の公定価格, Set prices of the Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of October 25, 1940 and setting the retail prices from December 10, 1940. Published in Asahi Camera January 1941 and reproduced in Shōwa 10—40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10〜40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935—1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Pp.108—9. Type 3, sections 4A and 7A.